Homeostasis: Control of Blood Glucose Concentration
Homeostasis: Control of Blood Glucose Concentration
- Understand the role of the liver in glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, and gluconeogenesis.
- Knowledge about the role of insulin, glucogona, adrenals in control, and factors affecting blood glucose concentration.
- Connecting these processes to respiration, exercise, and digestion.
- Familiarity with the second messenger model of adrenaline and glucagon action involving adenylate cyclase, cyclic AMP (cAMP), and protein kinase.
- Understanding the causes and control of type I and II diabetes through insulin and diet manipulation.
- Ability to evaluate the stands of health advisers and the food industry concerning the rise in type II diabetes.
- Proficiency in interpreting data and graphs, as it is a common task.
- Using a flow chart as a revision tool.
- Preparedness for potential questions about serial dilutions in urine for diabetes detection.